Worsted-box.



PATBNTED AUG. 18, 11903. G. M. WoosTBR.

WORSTED B0X. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 20, 1903.

No MODEL UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

GRACE M. VOOSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WORSTED-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,808,7dated August 1S, 1903.

I Application led May 20,1903. Serial No. 157.952. (No model.)

T @ZZ wiz/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE M. WoosrEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedWorsted- Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in boxes or holders for Worsted or the like, an object being to provide a device for this purpose in which a toy is placed and hidden from view, but which may be disclosed bydismembering the box after the end of the worsted shall have been reached, thus aording amusement to a child having possession of the box and inducing diligence in crocheting or knitting to reach the end and reveal the hidden toy or wonder.

I will describe a worsted-box embodying my I invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, fortuin ga part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a worstedbox embodying my invention.. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the body or box, which may be made of any suitable material-such, for instance, as cardboard. The body portion is provided with a top 2, having an opening 3, through which the worsted or the like is intended to pass. The bottom 4 of the box is sealed to the body portion by means of a strip of thin paper 5, which extends inward from the lower end of the body, and arranged between this thin strip 5 and the bottom is a cord 6, which passes entirely around the bottom portion and has its projected end connected to the worsted 7, which is wound on the spindle 8, attached to the bottom. This spindle 8 is hollow, and arranged therein is a toy figure, as indicated at 9.

In operation after using up the worsted in knitting the end of the cord 6 will be drawn out of the opening 3. Then by taking hold of this cord and giving it a sharp pull the paper 5 will be broken away, loosening the body portion 1 of the box from the bottom 4, and then obviously the toy will be disclosed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Aholder for worsted or the like, comprising a sealed box, a spindle inthe box adapted to receive a toy and secured to the bottom of the box, and means for releasing the bottom from the body of the box.

2. A holder for worsted, consisting of a sealed box having an` opening in its top, a strip of paper or the like secured to the body portion of the box and also to the bottom, a cord arranged between said strip and the bottom of the box, and adapted to be drawn outward through the opening in the top, and a hollow spindle secured to the bottom of the box.

In testimony whereof I have signed 'my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` GRACE M. WOOSTER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. GILLESPIE, WILLIAM F. DELANEY. 

